Hanging out.

Horsey, of course, over Thanksgiving.

We inherited an air hockey table with our house.  Dad and the kids played on it for about two weeks.  Now it sits there empty or with sewing or crafts on it.  Weird.

church wears us out

Oh Christmas tree

Ty, again! Love that kid.

Ty's getting so big!

And so cute.

the big hunt

the morning after we moved Lex and I headed out for my first big deer hunt.  We went to bed at 12:30 am and got up at 4:30am.  Then we hiked for several hours only to end up truck bound because of blinding snow.  Needless to say the first day ended like this picture above.

The next week was much more pleasant and although all in all I missed two huge muley bucks I did finally achieve the one shot wonder status.  I am so proud (even though the antler is fake)

My deer fit inside this old washbasin I found in a junk pile while we were hunting, along with an old window screen frame and some bottles.  Lex thinks the best part for me was finding the junk, he might be right.

That night the kids helped to skin "faline", who turned into sausage and the best bacon wrapped backstrap I have ever eaten.  I might shout a yearling every year.  YUM

Packing and playing

Ty's favorite toy.

Mom hit the fireplace.

Almost all packed, just chillin'